December 19, 2021
To the Families of our KPS Students,
As you know, our district will be moving to remote learning beginning tomorrow, December 20th and lasting through Thursday, December 23rd. Below you will find information regarding what this week will look like as well as important information regarding items such as material pick up.
Kindergarten Students:
Kindergarten parents may pick up their child’s device and supplies beginning at 10:30 tomorrow in our cafeteria. Please be certain to bring ID with you so the computer may be released. Student email and log-on information as well as directions for how to access email will be included in that pickup. Kindergarten teachers will be sending a learning schedule to your email by 9:30 AM tomorrow.
Grades 1-4:
Teachers of students in grades 1-4 will send a schedule out via email or Teams by 9:30 AM tomorrow. The first ZOOM or TEAMS meeting for all grades 1-4 will be at Noon tomorrow. Student supplies can be picked up between 10 AM and Noon tomorrow. If that time is not feasible for you, items can be picked up any day thereafter Tuesday through Thursday between the hours of 8:15 AM and 3:30 PM. The teachers will send a schedule for the remaining three days at some point before 3:30 PM tomorrow.
RtI (Reading and Math Support), Support Services (Speech, OT etc), and Special Area classes:
RTI and special area classes will begin on Tuesday. Each RTI teacher will be sending notifications of schedules via email or Teams. Consent forms for online support services (Speech, OT, PT, Counseling) will be sent from the Office of Special Education.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday:
Beginning Tuesday and lasting through Thursday you can expect your child to participate in synchronous online learning including a morning meeting, an ELA block, a math block, small group class learning and special areas. Again, consent forms for online support services (Speech, OT, PT, Counseling) will be sent from the Office of Special Education. They must be signed and received prior to the beginning of online instruction.
We know that this is both inconvenient and stressful and we are here to support and help you. Please do your best to support your child in attending classes, however, we know schedules can be difficult in homes with many other factors including parent work schedules. Do the best you can, we will ensure we support each of your children throughout this week as well as when we return in person in January to close any gaps that may be caused. Please feel free to reach out to your child’s teacher or me, should you have any concerns or questions.
Sincerely,
Dan Brown
The Kent Primary School Polar Express provided a festive and fun outdoor celebration for students, staff and families, while collecting non-perishable food items for Gilead Food Pantry to support families in need in the community. See photos from the Polar Express event!
Kindness was overflowing in kindergarten at Kent Primary for World Kindness Day after reading a story that imagines we each have an invisible bucket that fills with drops of kindness when we are kind to someone, or someone is kind to us. Read more about the World Kindness Day lesson.
It was a kindness collaboration in Amy Constantinides’ Grade 4 class, creating acrostic poems in celebration of World Kindness Day! Read more about the Kindness Day lesson.
Second-grade students in Peter Brochhausen’s class at Kent Primary School celebrated the conclusion of their recent Citizenship unit in social studies with a class flag and pledge project. Together, they then wrote a pledge to their classroom flag and each other. See a video of the student reciting their class pledge!
With the help of a special owl puppet named Echo, Daina Sinclair’s first-grade students at Kent Primary kicked off a phonics lesson featuring the letters P & J. Using her smartboard, Sinclair turned the letter review into a guessing game! Read more about first grade phonics fun.
At Kent Primary, students were asked to use art to answer the question: How can you be a good citizen at school? They shared their ideas & drawings on paper hands now displayed in the hallways & main lobby! Read full story & see more photos of artwork.
What makes a hero? Third-grade students in Meghan Gould’s class at Kent Primary discussed the qualities that make someone a hero as part of a lesson in advance of the Sept. 11 anniversary. Read full story & learn about our students' heroes.
During the last week of school, Kent Primary kindergarten students in Heather Carlson & Celeste Pregno's class surprised parents with a recording of their Author's Day Writing Celebration to show their writing progress during the year!
Celebrating the 6c of Kent Primary School. Compassion, Critical Thinking, Citizenship, Communication, Creativity and Collaboration
All schools dismissed early:
- CHS: 10:15 a.m.
- GFMS: 11:05 a.m.
- Elementary: Noon
Putnam County Music Educator's Association All-County: Open to 7th and 8th grade band, orchestra, and chorus students, by audition only.
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